is a not-for-profit and nongovernmental policy and research organization established in 2003 to conduct research, develop policy recommendations, and implement activities in the field of the rural development.

Rural Development Fund

is a not-for-profit and nongovernmental policy and research organization established in 2003 to conduct research, develop policy recommendations, and implement activities in the field of the rural development.

Rural Development Fund

is a not-for-profit and nongovernmental policy and research organization established in 2003 to conduct research, develop policy recommendations, and implement activities in the field of the rural development.

"Kyrgyz traditional ecological knowledge in the base of the snow leopard protection and its habitat at the local community level" project coordinator Akmatova Kuluipa and local expert from Talas oblast Kurmanbaev Akylbek on a delegation from Kyrgyzstan, with the support from the “Institute for Sustainable Development Strategy” Social Fund, participated in the working seminar, that took place in Mongolia, on the territory of the “Hustay Nuruu” National Park, on April 1-9, 2016.﻿﻿﻿

Italian photographer Marco Palombi, after arriving to Kyrgyzstan in February 2016, has met with members of our KEAK pastoral network to take pictures and shoot small videos. Abroad, specifically in his own country, Marco Palombi is famous talented photographer with his own style and direction. Often his works touch upon the life of west and east, and their differences.

﻿In the final stage of the project “Kyrgyz Traditional Pastoral and Ecological Knowledge Dissemination and Providing Support to the Community Co-management of Mountainous Ecosystems in the Kyrgyz Republic”, RDF put out a new updated and expanded series of books on traditional knowledge﻿.

RDF’s Social Program Coordinator Kuluipa Akmatova took part in Learning Route on women’s empowerment, business development and sustainable natural resource management. It was held in districts not far from 3 cities: Kathmandu, Chitwan, Lumbini in Nepal from from the 06th to the 13th December 2014. Representatives from Latin America, Africa and Asia took part in this event.﻿

RDF’s coordinator of the projects took part in GESA 2014 (The Global Environments Summer Academy). GESA 2014 is a three-week event organized jointly by the Global Diversity Foundation and the Centre for Development and Environment at the University of Bern.﻿

RDF took part in the Asia Regional Assembly and Land Forum organized by ILC in the Gujarat state, India. The International Land Coalition was held from 7-10 October, 2014. Today among Kyrgyzstan’s organizations, RDF is the only organization which is the member of the ILC. Asian countries like Nepal, Philippines, Indonesia, India, Cambodia, Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan were involved in this event. As well as agenda included participation of representatives of ILC Secretariat. ﻿

The chief of PF RDF Omorbekova Z.A. participated in a Regional seminar on strategic cooperation in the forestry sector of Central Asia countries, which was held from 23-24 of September, 2014 in Beijing city.﻿